75 percent of exclusive hardwood may be illegally harvested

Re:75 percent of exclusive hardwood may be illegally harvested by zdragnar on Thursday October 26, 2023 @10:57PM (#38034201)

There are a number of diseases that oaks are susceptible to. In our area, oak wilt is becoming problematic, and as the tree weakens, it becomes host to a variety of beetles whose grub larvae tunnel right into the trunk.

Pulling down sick trees is sometimes the best thing you can do to help the rest.

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Re:75 percent of exclusive hardwood may be illegally harvested by nateskulic on Saturday October 28, 2023 @01:47PM (#38051909)

Could be. I saw more than 30+ massive logs and healthy piths in a back lot of the woods; stacked carefully before being removed; maple and oak. Given the level of local corruption, this forest management deserves the suspicion.

The city and the locality was recently accused of cutting down too many trees for numerous reasons/projects. Unless you are adamant, they are quite aggressive about killing things in parkways.

I think it would be better to leave things where they are in "Forest Preserves"... Maybe one day we'll have [unmanaged] old growth forests again.

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